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Legislative Commissioners’ Office)
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The General Statutes of Connecticut, revised to January 1, 2009, appear in several formats on the web pages of the Connecticut General Assembly. The different formats are designed to serve the various needs of our web page users.
To select the best format for you, it is important to understand how the 2009 General Statutes are organized:
¨ Titles: contain chapters,
articles and sections of the statutes grouped in broad subject areas.
¨ Chapters: contain sections of
the statutes grouped in broad subject areas.
¨ Articles: (used instead of
Chapters in Title 42a – Uniform Commercial Code), contain sections of the
statutes also grouped in specific subject areas.
Example: "Article 2 – Sales"; "Article 4A – Funds
Transfers"
¨ Sections: contain the text of
each statute.
Example: "Section 14-219 – Speeding" (which is in Chapter
248, which is in Title 14)
The Connecticut
Reports are identified by the letter "C.", the Appellate Court Reports are identified by the
letters "CA", the Connecticut Supplement is identified by the letters "CS", and the Circuit Court
Reports by "Conn. Cir. Ct." It should be noted
that prior to Volume 1 of the Connecticut Reports, judicial decisions were
reported by the reporters Kirby, Root and Day. For
this reason, citations using the letters "K", "R" or "D" will be found
among the annotations.
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